194 Stealing the treasure (1/2)
Nobody would have expected the consequences of Immortal Peng's death. Perhaps no one wanted to avenge him but everyone wanted to know about the truth behind his death. Everyone did not believe that this was a spontaneous decision of the killers, and they suspected that his death had something to do with the treasure of the Xian family.
Words spread from mouth to mouth like wildfire. Like wildfire, it's path was unpredictable and in this process, speculations turned into gossip, and gossip became rumors. In the end, everyone believed what was said.
”Immortal's treasure?” Eyes of the Hsu siblings brightened.
”Yes, I grabbed the immortal's treasure. Killing people is now easier than before.”
Gu Shenwei did not speak in a kind tone. The siblings became silent immediately and dared not speak a word.
Gu Shenwei did not like this situation. Because of some absurd reason danger seemed to be lurking everywhere. Gu Shenwei didn't even know who the enemy was. He thought again of Master Shifu Tie Hanfeng's teachings. Because he knew little about Immortal Peng's relations, killing him would be a grave mistake.
”The Tenth Young Master would be going to Stone Castle to explain things. She said this was her own idea.” Maid Lotus felt that her news was received too favorably. ”Only fools would believe in such a rumor though. We have to kill more people.”
Maid Lotus' words came true. That night, there were 11 people who died in the brothel. Only the first was killed by Gu Shenwei.
At the time when several people spoke, a dull thump rang from upstairs. It sounded as if something had fallen.
Xu Yanwei clutched her chest and looked up at her bedroom in terror. She was relieved that she was not upstairs.
Gu Shenwei nodded to Maid Lotus. She pulled out her saber and guarded the floor downstairs. Gu Shenwei crept upstairs stealthily.
Just halfway through, a dead body was thrown out from the bedroom. It leant weakly on the railing. Xu Yanwei fainted in shock. She turned and held her brother's shoulders tightly. Xu Xiaoyi was afraid but he also wanted to know who the dead person was. The dead body was curled up but its eyes were wide open.
Gu Shenwei returned from the path that he traveled just now. ”Someone is standing on guard upstairs.”
”Did the Tenth Young Master send someone?” Xu Yanwei asked expectantly but did not get a reply.
The two killers were each assigned different tasks. Gu Shenwei sat on a chair, his saber balanced across his knees. A sharp sword leant against his leg. He could use his swordcraft openly now. He only had to explain that it was imparted to him by Immortal Peng. But he was still used to bringing two types of weapons with him.
Maid Lotus hid in the shadows. The Hsu siblings turned their eyes. When they looked again, they did not see the female killer anymore.
The person upstairs was a master. He willingly worked for killers and was a man of few words. Before dawn came, he flung out ten corpses from inside, and the pile of corpses became higher than the railings.
Most of the dead did not utter a word. One called out before he died: ”Ah, it's you!”
Xu Yanwei was reaching her limits. She was used to seeing happy men walking out of her bedroom. This time, seeing them come out inert was a total humiliation to her. ”Come out. You people upstairs!”
No one came out and no one answered.
Knock, knock. The door rang again. Xu Yanwei was deeply moved by the fact that there was someone who still remembered to come in by the main door. Immediately however, the attitude of the person outside the brothel dampened her spirits.
”Open the door. Damn, I saw that wild man upstairs. Want to lie to me? I'll crush you with my silver, you bitch.”
”Why did he come back?” Xu Yanwei had really hoped that this was a nightmare and that all her problems would vanish when she opened her eyes.
The two siblings did not dare to open the door. Gu Shenwei rose and walked to the door. He held a sword in his hands and after listening for a moment, pulled the door open.
The door was immediately knocked open and a group of people swarmed in. All of them stumbled as they came in; obviously they had drunk too much.
”Not receiving a customer? But isn't that a customer? Why is it you?” Guan Houlin wanted to straighten his body but he ended up bending backwards. He cocked his head like a stone figure that was about to collapse.
”I'm the master of this place.”
”Oh, yes, I've heard. This... your prostitute is atrocious. She didn't want to accept this grand master's money. And those wild men keep coming up one by one. You- do you look down on me or the Ninth Young Master?”
”There's no wild man here.”
”Stop fooling me.”
”I saw it with my own eyes. It can't be fake.” The machetemen swarming the entrance of the door joined in.
Guan Houlin pushed Gu Shenwei away. He did not see Xu Yanwei who was standing at a corner of the wall. He wanted to run up the steps to catch the adulterers. His massive body shook the entire building slightly.
”Come out, you stinking prostitute. I'll show you who is master today. Today...” Upstairs, Guan Houlin had only finished half of his sentence before he froze. It was as if master Shangguan Fei had suddenly appeared before him.
”Big Brother Huan, what's wrong?” Machetemen swarmed into the building. They looked up, trying to see what that black lump on the railing was.
Guan Houlin only went up a step. He stretched his neck to make sure that he hadn't seen wrongly. He was immediately shaken from his stupor. This was a brothel run by a killer. He immediately composed himself as he just realized that the teen downstairs was a cold-blooded killer.
Guan Houlin turned around and walked slowly down the stairs. His steps were heavy and his body did not shake. He walked in front of the killer and cleared his throat. ”I've drunk a little too much. Please forgive me and send my respects to the Tenth Young Master.”
Guan Houlin opened his arms and pushed the machetemen out of the brothel like they were a bunch of chicks. He closed the door himself and even bowed slightly to the teen who was standing inside.